# propiciar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin propitiāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾu.pi.siˈa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾo.pi.siˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾo.pi.siˈaɾ]
* Homophone: propicià
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propicií, past participle propiciat)
* (transitive) to propitiate

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “propiciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “propiciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “propiciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “propiciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin propitiāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ɾ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ɻ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.piˈsjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.piˈsjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.piˈsja.ɾi/

### Verb

propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propiciei, past participle propiciado)
* (transitive) to bring about, enable
    Synonyms: favorecer, permitir
* (transitive) to propitiate, appease
    Synonym: aplacar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “propiciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “propiciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin propitiāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pɾopiˈθjaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈθjaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾopiˈsjaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈsjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pro‧pi‧ciar

### Verb

propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propicié, past participle propiciado)
* (transitive) to bring about, enable
    Synonym: favorecer
** 1900, José Enrique Rodó, Ariel, chapter VI:La misma fuerza positiva aparece propiciando las mayores idealidades de la civilización. El oro acumulado por el mercantilismo de las repúblicas italianas «pagó — según Saint-Victor — los gastos del Renacimiento».(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive, rare) to propitiate, appease
    Synonyms: ablandar, aplacar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* propiciación

### Further reading

* “propiciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10